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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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